State lawmakers have yet to pass a budget that would fund Michigan's free meal program, but the state superintendent is urging districts to providing them this fall.| WMUK
In Lowell for example, if no budget is passed by Sept. 30, students who qualify for free or reduced meals will continue to receive them at no cost, but those who do not qualify would have to pay.| FOX 17 West Michigan News (WXMI)
In a Nutshell Increasingly, state policymakers appear to believe that local school officials need their help in determining the best use for nearly $19 billion in state fundingthat flows through the annual state K-12 budget. Lawmakers have been loading up recent state School Aid budgets with funding for a growing catalog of new initiatives that […]| Citizens Research Council of Michigan